Posts Tagged ‘online sales’

I was talking to a friend of mine recently about my marketing business and explaining one of the newer parts of it. I realised that I hadn’t shared this with you. As always, I want to keep you ‘in the loop’ with what I’m doing in order that you can learn from it and perhaps even be inspired to try this yourself.

What is CPA Marketing?

CPA stands for Cost Per Action and it refers to a type of marketing that usually involves you generating leads for companies and in turn, those companies giving you a small payment for each lead.

It works like this:

You generate traffic from one or more sources which you then send to an offer. The offer is usually for a free trial or free gift that the customer can get by filling out a survey or similar. In most cases, the company that has created the offer requires the customer to opt in or fill out their address before they pay you for that lead. Once they’ve done that, you get your payment. Simple!

How Much Does It Pay?

Generally, the payment for each lead tends for vary. However, you can usually expect between $1 to $6 per lead, depending on what the offer is. In very competitive markets like the insurance market, there are life cover offers that will pay you up to $22 per lead. However, as I said, these are highly competitive markets and not great if you’re only just starting out on a lower budget.

How Do I Do It?

I was introduced to CPA marketing by a friend of mine who then recommended a course by Saj P called Zero Friction Marketing. This course taught me everything I’m going to share with you here and if you can still get a copy, I’d recommend you do.

So how do you get started with CPA marketing?

Well, it happens in stages.

1. Sign up with an affiliate network
2. Find a method of driving targeted traffic (which I’ll show you in a moment)
3. Get your affiliate links
4. Drive traffic to the links

The first stage is to sign up with a CPA affiliate network. You will need Read the rest of this entry »

Make money online. Sounds easy doesn’t it?

The good thing is that, generally speaking, it is pretty straightforward (notice I said straightforward, not easy!).

Anyway, last week I was browsing for some tools to make it easy for you to start making money online. I spoke to a couple of friends and one of them mentioned a project that a well-known marketer had put together.

Now, I need to make an important point here: If you’re going to climb Everest, you’re going to want to talk to someone who’s done it before. They also need to be able to teach others what they did to succeed. It’s exactly the same for internet marketing. You need a mentor if you’re going to succeed. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been creating more and more video products recently.

There are two main reasons for this:

• They have a higher perceived value and therefore can be sold as information products at a higher price than simple e-books.
• They’re excellent sales tools for affiliate products.

I’ve found an excellent tool for illustrating ideas and techniques via mind maps. You can clearly plan out a strategy and then either use it as a bonus for an e-book course, or film yourself talking it through for your readers. Either way, you’ve created a product for free.

The first thing you need to check out is Read the rest of this entry »

OK, so I’ve made online sales before. But this one is special. This is the first time I’ve sent out an e-mail to my list on behalf of a JV (Joint Venture) partner and made a sale.

Super exciting! Look at my silly happy face! Incidentally, another first: I recorded this video on webcam straight to YouTube. Enjoy!